REAL DETROIT-This is one tech metal kamikaze dive-bomb if there ever was one. The band? Letters in Binary. Local? Oh yeah. Features ex-members of Enkephalin, Mara'akate and Phoenix Bodies. Letters in Binary are like Psyopus, The End and Dillinger Escape Plan mashed into a musical hand grenade. There is a grind backbone accompanying the inhumanely disciplined string work, quick songs as spasmodic as the scales flying back and forth. Live performance is out of hand: Hyperkinetic ADD eliteness. An 8-song quickie EP is readily available at lettersinbinary.com. Also check out a recent international comp these guys appeared on called Remain Standing available at pictorapilota.com. Seriously -- this is some really good stuff here. Promoters, bands, venues -- drop these guys a line: lettersinbinary@yahoo.com

VIOLENCE MAGAZINE(poland)-s/t CD:This is just another weird, totally weird wall of sickodelic math - noise. Nervous breakdowns with math blast beats and slow downs. Weird and out of control, sometimes similar to THE LOCUST, sometimes to MELT BANANA or THE DAUGHTERS. Crazy as fuck.

saturday, january 22ndPHOENIX BODIES (post-hardcore from indiana. one of them will probably be naked. ex-members of mara'akate... http://myspace.com/phoenixbodies)

THE HOLY BIBLE (also from indiana. if you threw antioch arrow, the crimson curse, and palatka into a blender and called the result The Holy Bible, then this is probably what you'd get. http://holybiblerules.com)

LETTERS IN BINARY (from the ashes of enkephalin rises the mighty phoenix which is letters in binary!!!! or some dumb shit like that. they're cool. http://lettersinbinary.com)

oh my what a week:it began just a week ago today. we split a set with spitting cobra at how to beat a dead horse fest. much to much dirt was thrown thanks to the drunken conglameration that was d'more and comrade kilkin kids amongst others. despite bands ditching last second becca did a most excellent job in maintaining order.

sunday we played with daughters mare and lee marvin computer arm at the magic stick. it seems as though disaster was checked at the door because everyone(including the other bands) were perfect company to compliment such a lovely event.

thursday was in port huron with knife the glitter and adelaide and a few others. virgins to the area with this band. lots of welcoming kids.

we might be playing with psyopus ed gein drowningman in port huron a little later in august as well as a show at the "famed" token lounge with from a second story window. AND even though we're not officially on bottlerocketfest we're going to be splitting another set with the lads of spitting cobra(s) (the s is to amuse greg).we'll have new shirts and buttons at bottlerocketfest.

oh yeah and for the best news yet. we have a 7" coming out this fall on black iris. yes!